Guide to the John A. Simpson Papers Addenda 1926-2002

Descriptive Summary

Special Collections Research Center
University of Chicago Library
1100 East 57th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.

Abstract:

John A. Simpson (1916-2000) Papers include professional and personal correspondence, scientific research notes, lectures and articles, teaching materials, grant proposals, and technical reports and drawings. The bulk of the material is from the 1960s through the 1990s. This Addenda supplements the material in the main body of the John A. Simpson Papers.

Information on Use

Access

Series XIV contains student material restricted for 80 years, financial and personnel material restricted for 50 years, and University of Chicago administrative material restricted for 30 years.

Citation

When quoting material from
this collection, the preferred citation is: John A. Simpson. Papers. Addenda, [Box#, Folder#], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago

Biographical Note

See the Guide to the John A. Simpson Papers for biographical information.

Scope Note

The John A. Simpson Papers Addenda include professional and personal correspondence, scientific research notes, lectures and articles, teaching materials, grant proposals, technical reports and drawings, and audio visual materials. The collection dates from 1926 to 2002, but the bulk of the material is from the 1960s through the 1990s. This addenda supplements and largely mirrors the organization of the main collection of the John A. Simpson Papers, which are described separately, and document the Simpson's career into the 1980s. More extensive information about Simpson's work may be found in the guide to the main collection.

The Simpson Papers Addenda is divided into fourteen series.

Series I: Correspondence includes both professional correspondence and files which Simpson designated “personal” correspondence. The former pertains principally to Simpson’s scientific and professional activities, the latter to non-scientific community and family-related matters.

Series II: University of Chicago contains papers related to Simpson's teaching and administrative duties at the University.

Series III: Professional Affiliations and Public Activity and Series IV: Lectures and Conferences document Simpson’s relationships with a number of scientific organizations, and his public appearances, ranging from speaking engagements to congressional testimony.

Series V: Scientific Writings and Projects includes copies of articles and other texts by Simpson, and materials related to their preparation. It is closely linked to the material in Series VIII.

Series VI: Appointment Books contains Simpson's personal calendars for 1989-2000, and an appointment book for 1944-1945. Series VII: Scientific Notebooks, contains notebooks with research and projects notes, some grouped according to a letter and number system devised by Simpson.

Series VIII: Scientific Projects contains papers produced by Simpson and his colleagues, students and LASR staff concerning individual research projects and space missions.

Series XIV contains material for which access is restricted. Access to student material is restricted for 80 years. Access to personnel and financial material for 50 years, and to administrative material for 30 years. Contact SCRC staff for further information on these files.

Related Resources

The following related resources are located in the Department of Special Collections:

Space Science Board Task Group on Fundamental Physics and Chemistry: Major Directions for Space Sciences, 1995-2015 (National Academy of Sciences: National Research Council), March 1986

Box 13 Folder 8

Space Science Board Task Group on Solar and Space Physics: Space Science in the 21st Century (National Academy of Science: National Research Council), October 1986

Box 13 Folder 9

Space Science in the Twenty-First Century: Task Group on Planetary and Lunar Exploration (Space Science Board; Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Resources; National Research Council), September 1986

Box 13 Folder 10

A Call for a National Policy of Pre-Eminence in Space Science (National Academy of Sciences: Space Science Board), 1986

Box 13 Folder 11

A Strategy for Space Biology and Medical Science for the 1980s and 1990s

Box 13 Folder 12

Major Directions for Space Science: 1995-2015: Science in a Microgravity Environment (A Report of the Task Group on Fundamental Physics and Chemistry), February 1, 1986

Box 14 Folder 1

Probing Fundamental Astrophysical Scales with High-Resolution Observations of the Sun: Prospects for the 21st Century (Part of a Study by the Space Science Board of the National Research Council, "Space Science in the 21st Century), 1986

Box 14 Folder 2

Space Science Board Task Group on Astronomy and Astrophysics: Space Science in the Twenty-First Century (National Academy of Sciences: National Research Council), September 1986

Box 14 Folder 3

Space Science in the Twenty-First Century: Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015 (Space Science Board; Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources; National Research Council), 1987

Box 14 Folder 4

Space Science in the 21st Century: Imperatives for the Decades, 1995-2015: correspondence and reader reviews, 1987

Box 14 Folder 5

Space Science in the Twenty-First Century: Imperatives for the Decades 1995-2015: Summary (Space Science Board; Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources; National Research Council), March 1987

Electrical Discharges -- Detectors: New Instruments, 1951-1956: National Bureau of Standards Reports: ‘A Study of the Performance of Photomultipliers Operated at High Voltage’ and ‘An Evaluation Study of a Fast Neutron Spectrometer Based on the Total Absorption Principle’